And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The F-4 looks fast even when parked. I love that plane! I had a pair of slick RF-4 Marine Recons fly over me in my convertible at 480 kgs and about 200 ft; what a noise!
I was an F-105 crew chief, '69-'73, they were beautiful birds and fast. The F-4 was proof that bricks could fly if you gave them enough horsepower. They WERE awesome war birds!
In the late seventies I was stationed at MCAS El Toro and the building we worked out of was close to the west end of the runway (Bldg 10) and when those F-4's kicked those afterburners on when taking off the roar was brain bleeding loud. It'd make your body vibrate, seriously. Probably why I have hearing loss to this day between the F-4's, A-4's and A-6's.
He’s gonna end up with a pitot tube up his kazoo if he’s not careful…
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ReplyDelete'All the world's a stage.'
ReplyDeleteGreat to watch all the hand signals, a ballet of 1 second from something that can kill you.
ReplyDeleteThe F-4 looks fast even when parked. I love that plane! I had a pair of slick RF-4 Marine Recons fly over me in my convertible at 480 kgs and about 200 ft; what a noise!
ReplyDeleteI was an F-105 crew chief, '69-'73, they were beautiful birds and fast. The F-4 was proof that bricks could fly if you gave them enough horsepower. They WERE awesome war birds!
ReplyDeleteIn the late seventies I was stationed at MCAS El Toro and the building we worked out of was close to the west end of the runway (Bldg 10) and when those F-4's kicked those afterburners on when taking off the roar was brain bleeding loud. It'd make your body vibrate, seriously. Probably why I have hearing loss to this day between the F-4's, A-4's and A-6's.
ReplyDeleteOne of the only ballets where the dancers have skin in the game.
ReplyDeleteSpent a lot of time on the Coral Sea's vultures row watching those and A-7 take off.
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